, “ she began until she saw my face, “You can be a very difficult man,” she huffed.“Aww, you say the sweetest things,” I chuckled. Risa huff...d again, and turned her head, but I caught her slight grin.We parked in a plaza, and walked into the tea shop. Risa ordered green tea with jasmine. I ordered Earl Grey. Risa was gave me a look when I placed my order.We found a place to sit that was out of the way, and Risa studied me for a bit, apparently making up her mind.“You do know that if you hurt. At first I could not believe what I saw, but as more candles were lit, I knew very well what was I was looking at. The cabin was quite sparse, with only a chair, and what appeared to be a sofa bed along one side. The rest of items shocked me in view. All along the walls hung various whips, riding crops, floggers, paddles, chains, wrist and ankle cuffs, and other assorted ?torture? instruments. I also noticed a large wooden X, made out of four by four beams, complete with loop hooks at the. "I am S.H.E. who must be obeyed," shouted SHE."Whatever you say. Whatever you say, " sang the band in response.After repeating the refrain four times, the beat suddenly stopped, leaving only feedback from SHE's guitar and the oboe player squawking. Then the drummer tapped a light, jazzy rhythm, the rest of the band coming in at the second measure with a jazz tinged Middle Eastern folk riff, breezy and if not funky, somehow encouraging dancing and SHE began the verses."Waiting and waiting and. Bev smiled at us as the "General"spoke up. "Well folks, it seems that you have been through sometough times. You're safe now. Bev told me the story about whathappened to the three of you and I want to spend this time tounderstand all the details. You know, you part of a successfuloperation to disrupt the activities of a major drug cartel operatingin this are. Reluctantly, thanks to you, we were able to get a leadon them through Bev's determination to follow you when you werekidnapped."We spent.